{"id":10223,"date":"2015-10-13T12:30:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T10:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=10223"},"modified":"2015-10-13T12:30:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T10:30:25","slug":"at-the-supermarket-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/at-the-supermarket-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"At The Supermarket in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The setting: a small and friendly supermarket in a old sleepy town in Italy<br \/>\nThe characters: Serena and the staff at supermarket<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2743.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN2743\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10228\"  alt=\"DSCN2743\" width=\"540\" height=\"345\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2743.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2743.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2743-350x224.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Il giovane cassiere, all\u2019entrata del supermercato: \u201cBuongiorno!\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nThe young cashier, at the supermarket entrance: \u201cGood morning!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cBuongiorno!\u201d Poi, parlando tra s\u00e9 e s\u00e9: \u201cAllora, vediamo la lista della spesa: pere, uva, funghi\u2026\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cGood morning!\u201d Then, talking to herself: \u201cRight, let\u2019s have a look at the shopping list: pears, grapes, mushrooms\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Dopo aver scelto e pesato le verdure, Serena controlla ancora la lista: \u201cSemolino. Dove l\u2019hanno messo?\u201d Poi, vedendo Enzo, il manager e tuttofare del supermarket, gli chiede: \u201cCiao Enzo! Dov\u2019\u00e8 il semolino?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nHaving chosen and weighed the vegetables, Serena checks the shopping list once more: \u201cSemolina. Where have they put it?\u201d Then, having seen Enzo, the manager and handyman of the supermarket, she asks him: \u201cHi Enzo! Where is the semolina?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2750.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN2750\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10229\"  alt=\"DSCN2750\" width=\"540\" height=\"479\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2750.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2750.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2750-350x311.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Enzo: \u201cCiao! Nello scaffale dove ci sono il riso e le farine, davanti al banco della gastronomia\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nEnzo: \u201cHi! On the shelf with the rice and flour, opposite the delicatessen counter\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cVa bene, grazie\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cOK, thank you\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Dopo aver riempito il carrello con muesli, latte, yogurt, e cos\u00ec via, Serena va al banco della gastronomia e prende il numero della fila.<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter having filled up the trolley with muesli, milk, yoghurt, and so on, Serena goes to the delicatessen counter and takes a numbered ticket for the queue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Commesso: \u201cCinquantuno, chi ha il cinquantuno?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nShop assistant: \u201cFifty one, who has got the fifty one?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cSono io!\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cMe!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Commesso: \u201cDica!\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nShop assistant: \u201cHow can I help you?\u201d <em>(literally: tell\/say!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cIl pane toscano ce l\u2019avete?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cDo you have Tuscan bread?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Commesso: \u201cS\u00ec, quanto ne vuole? Tutto il filone?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nShop assistant: \u201cYes, how much would you like? The whole loaf?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cCirca met\u00e0\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cAbout half\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Commesso, appoggiando il coltellone sul filone e mostrandolo a Serena: \u201cCos\u00ec va bene?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nShop assistant, positioning the bread knife on the loaf and showing it to Serena: \u201cIs this OK?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cUn po\u2019 meno \u2026 ecco, cos\u00ec va bene\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cA little bit less \u2026 yes, that\u2019s fine\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Commesso: \u201cAltro?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nShop assistant: \u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cVolevo quel pezzetto di focaccia di patate e poi del pecorino maturo. Cosa c\u2019avete?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cI\u2019d like that piece of potato focaccia and then some mature pecorino. What do you have?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2758.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN2758\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10230\"  alt=\"DSCN2758\" width=\"540\" height=\"384\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2758.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2758-350x249.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Commesso: \u201cAbbiamo il Giglio Sardo, che \u00e8 molto forte, oppure questo, sempre sardo, ma \u00e8 un misto di pecora e mucca \u2026 \u00e8 un pochino meno forte, ma sempre molto saporito\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nShop assistant: \u201cWe have Giglio Sardo (<em>a Sardinian brand of pecorino<\/em>), which is very strong, or this other one, also Sardinian, but it\u2019s a mixture of sheep and cow milk \u2026 it\u2019s a little bit less strong but still very tasty\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cPosso assaggiarlo?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cCan I have a taste?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Commesso: \u201cCerto! Ecco a lei\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nShop assistant: \u201cCertainly! Here you are\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cMmm, buono, lo prendo. Me ne dia un bello spicchio\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerens: \u201cMhmm, nice, I\u2019ll have it. Can you give me a nice big slice?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Commesso: \u201cAltro?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nShop assistant: \u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cNo, grazie, basta cos\u00ec. Arrivederci\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cNo, thank you, I\u2019m fine. Goodbye\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Commesso: \u201cEcco a lei. Arrivederci\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nShop assistant: \u201cHere you are. Goodbye\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10231\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2768.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN2768\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10231\" class=\"wp-image-10231\"  alt=\"Ti servono un paio di guanti, vero Geoff?\" width=\"525\" height=\"370\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2768.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2768.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2768-350x247.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #666699\"><em>Ti servono un paio di guanti, vero Geoff?<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Dopo aver terminato il giro del supermercato, Serena va alla cassa dove c\u2019\u00e8 la sua amica Lucia, che subito le chiede: \u201cCiao, come stanno i tuoi?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nHaving finished the round of the supermarket, Serena goes to the till, operated by her friend Lucia, who immediately asks: \u201cCiao, how are your parents?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cCiao! Abbastanza bene, grazie, e tu?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cCiao! They&#8217;re quite well, thank you, and you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Lucia: \u201cSono stanchissima, non vedo l\u2019ora di finire il turno\u201d Poi osservando la spesa di Serena che contiene ananas sciroppato, frutta candita, uvetta, uova e farina, chiede incuriosita: \u201cCosa fai di buono?<\/strong>\u201d<br \/>\nLucia: \u201cI\u2019m extremely tired, I can\u2019t wait to finish my shift\u201d Then, noticing Serena\u2019s shopping which includes canned pineapple, candied fruit, sultanas, eggs and flour, she askes out of curiosity: \u201cAre you making something nice?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cFaccio il fruit cake\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cI\u2019m going to bake a fruit cake\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Lucia: \u201cBuono! Mi dai la ricetta?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nLucia: \u201cLovely! Can you give me the recipe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cTe la mando su Facebook\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cI\u2019ll send it to you on Facebook\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2772.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN2772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10232\"  alt=\"DSCN2772\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2772.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2772.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2772-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Lucia: \u201cS\u00ec, grazie.\u201d Finendo il conto alla cassa: \u201cAllora, sono ventisette euro e trentadue centesimi\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nLucia: \u201cYes please.\u201d Finishing adding up the shopping on the till: \u201cOK, twenty seven Euro and thirty two cents\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Serena: \u201cEcco ventisette euro e trentadue centesimi esatti. Ciao, alla prossima!\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSerena: \u201cHere we are, exactly twenty seven Euro and thirty cents. See you soon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Lucia: \u201cCiao!\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nLucia: \u201cBye!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2772-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2772-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/DSCN2772.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>The setting: a small and friendly supermarket in a old sleepy town in Italy The characters: Serena and the staff at supermarket Il giovane cassiere, all\u2019entrata del supermercato: \u201cBuongiorno!\u201d The young cashier, at the supermarket entrance: \u201cGood morning!\u201d Serena: \u201cBuongiorno!\u201d Poi, parlando tra s\u00e9 e s\u00e9: \u201cAllora, vediamo la lista della spesa: pere, uva, funghi\u2026\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/at-the-supermarket-in-italy\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":10232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[385911],"class_list":["post-10223","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italian-language","tag-shopping-in-italy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10223"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10242,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10223\/revisions\/10242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}